Men's Volleyball Hosts Final Two Matches This Weekend

The Particulars
The Harvard men's volleyball team hosts Sacred Heart in a
divisional match Friday, April 16 at 6 p.m. at the Malkin Athletic
Center. The Crimson will close out the regular season on Saturday,
hosting NJIT at 3 p.m.

Last Time Out
The Harvard men's volleyball team dropped a close 3-2 match to NYU
Saturday afternoon at the Coles Sports Center. Sophomore Matt Jones led three
Crimson players in double digit kills with 26. Senior Erik Kuld added 24
kills while classmate Soren Rosier
tallied 13.

Freshman Rob Lothman
handed out a season-high 67 assists and also tallied five block
assists, also good for a season-high.

Harvard and NYU traded set victories, with the Crimson winning the
first and third sets. The match saw 45 ties and 14 lead changes,
including 24 ties and eight lead changes in the fourth set, which
saw the score end at 38-36 in favor of the home team. In the fifth
set, the Crimson rallied back from an early three point deficit to
tie the score at 6-6, but the Violets capitalized on kills and
Harvard attack errors to claim a 15-11 win.

Scouting the Crimson
Harvard stands 5-14 on the season and 3-3 in EIVA Hay Division
play.

Senior Erik Kuld paces the team with 4.28 kills per set while
sophomore Matt Jones adds 4.0 kills per set. Freshman Rob Lothman
is dishing out 9.07 assists per set and senior Gil Weintraub is
handing out 5.73 assists per set. On the defensive side, freshman
Derek
Jansma leads the Crimson with 1.89 digs per set and sophomore
Nikola
Ivica is registering 0.98 blocks per set.

Scouting The Pioneers
Sacred Heart holds a 17-10 record with a 4-3 mark in EIVA Hay
Division play. Most recently, the Pioneers defated New
Haven, 3-1, on Wednesday evening.

Kalani Efstathiou paces the team with 3.23 kills per set while
Roger Parent adds 3.15 kills per set. Tim Sadowski is handing out
11.24 assists per set. Defensively, Scott Grandpre and Parent lead
the team in digs with 3.18 and 2.39, respectively. Mike
Komlac is recording 1.39 blocks per set.

On the Horizon
With sole possession of third place in the Hay Division, Harvard
is looking ahead to the EIVA Conference Playoffs. The quarterfinal
round will take place Saturday, April 24.

He's Honored
Sophomore outside hitter Matt Jones was named EIVA Hay Division
Player of the Week (Mar. 22). In Harvard's 3-0 win over Sacred
Heart, Jones accounted for 24.5 points on 18 kills, four service
aces and three blocks. He also recorded nine digs.

On the Bench
Head coach Brian Baise, a 1995 graduate of Princeton, is in his
second season at Harvard. He brings a 16-22 overall record into
today's match.

Next Up
Saturday's match against NJIT marks the final home match for this
season's seniors: co-captains Gil Weintraub and Erik Kuld, as well
as Soren Rosier and Nick Manzo.